Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-06
DETROIT vs. CHICAGO.

pitched for Chicago to-day WAS very
 much of ID the first three innings, and
 gave Detroit ten earned runs, after this
 hs refused to accommodate them far
 ther, but although the champions
 played hard they could not recover the
 lost ground. Score, Detroit 10, Chi cago 4.
 WASHINGTON. July 2s-Commissioner
 Sparks, of the General Land Office. in
 g letter to the Surveyor General of Cali
 iornia has rejected the surveys of part Of townships 3O and 3l south, range 14 eEst. in the state of California, claims q
 to have been executed by Berdap, |.
 S. Deputy Surveyor General, under con trsc: dated October 70. 1879. The Com missioner in his letter Co the Surveyor General says: Evidence i5 on file in ,be General Land Office showing that
 Deputy Berd8n made no surveys at ell on the townships named and that his field 7ntes rnd plate ara fir'jsoru end hIs pretended survey frsudulelt.
 LoRDsBURG. \, M., July 2S.-On Sunday five Indians. supposed Co be hostile. opened fire on Henry Kinney Bs he wGs on hIs way to New Silver Greek. near AlmG. He returned the fire and fled to Alma, : posse has started out
 to investigate.
 CHICAGO, July 2S-The chairman of the national committee of the Prohibi- tion party to-day issued call for Q meeting of that committee Tn Chicago, November l6;h. next, to fix the time and place of the national nominating convention of 1888.
 CHIcAGo, July 2S.-The trail or Mc- Garigle IS believed to have been dis covered. The indications are that heJ escaped added by Drs. St. Jobp hnd Dell, both of whom are conn5efed with the college of physicians and surgeons near the county hospital. Dr. St. John is par. owner of the schooner Edward R. Blake, winch suddenly discharged its cargo Saturday and after the doctor had an interview with the captain, cleared immediately, ostensibly for Kingston, Ont. During Saturday evening St. John was at the jail with McGaTIgle for sev- oral hours, and Drs. St John and Dell were absent from home on Saturday and refuse to explain where they were. The Sheriff hss a yacht following the schooner, but the result of she chase IS uncertain.
 SAS FRASCIsCO, July 2S.-Senator l Stanford appeared before the Pacific | railway commission this evening. The | coulmissicn propoundei G interroga- l tories to Stanford who supplied written | answers at great length. Stanford | urImArily declared that the Central Pa | eff, was organized under the laws of | California, and denies that anything iu | its contracts authorizes the present In- vestigation on the port of the government | but comedies n willingness to answer | any queries which may be propounded | to it's officials. Stanford makes claim I that when the Union Pacific aud Central | Pacific roads were undertaken the gov ernment vas paying SS,O000O0 annually | for carrying military and Indian sup plies and U. $. malls. Stanford con tends that this compensation was to be maid to ;he railroad and that it was un- it would never be less, and ths, this cornpensation should be credited tO the first principal aud interest of the bonds and the company would also pay the government i've per cent ot its net to apply on bonds. He claims that instead of this compensation for the goTerpmenrs service it vEs reduced tO e p0luL less tuhn kuht tloNtu lU | roads in the eest. Stanford urges O further claim that the bonds owing to the war of rebellion being iu progress were disposed of st discount of over seven million dollars. This discount with interests on same to maturity he | ct S20,OO0.O00. He then speaks of congressiC nal legislation n contrast | ss having been unduly burdelsome.
 WOODLAND, Cal, .. July 2S-rhis morn ing at 10 o'clock R young nan of this place. aged % year, male tour of tte ] various drug stores ID search of poison | to kill rats. IL wss noticed that be act | ed rather Qaeerly and II was not with | out difficulty be procured the poison. l He then went around near the office of the Democrat and took the poison, after l which be walked awhile aDd started for home on 4th street. On the way home ] he began to stagger, but as h. was sub feet 10 tits, no attention was pad 10 him. He vent home. entered the house and told his wife that he had taken strych- nine and to send for hil mother, and then laid down on the bed, Although physicians and remedies were soon st hand it was impossible to save him and be died in terrible agony.